Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Marie Curie was involved in discovery of which 2 radioactive metals?

  1. Plutonium, Radium

  2. Uranium, Radium

  3. Radon, Radium

  4. Polonium, Radium
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Explanation

Marie Curie and her husband Pierre discovered Polonium (named after Poland) in July 1898, and Radium in December 1898. They did not discover Uranium (discovered by Klaproth in 1789), Plutonium (discovered in 1940, after Curie's death), or Radon (discovered by Dorn in 1900).

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